Huggies NEW Newborn Wipes

[JustMare]

Wow, I feel like I'm crashing in on the CD Forum! :)

Has anyone tried the New Huggies Newborn Wipes? I'm wondering just how different they are from the regular ones. (Not like I even know what regular ones are like!)

It's just that I have a $1.00 coupon (due to expire within the month) and my supermarket doubles the coupons, so I was thinking picking up a tub. Do wipes have an expiration date?? If I don't open it, the liquid won't evaporate before baby gets here will it?

[mama2be]

Mare if you have a Costco around you I can not stress how much I love their wipes. We use them, but have run out and the nearest Costco is an hour away...we are going jsut for that this week-end, but the new ones I got dry out my hands so much!!!!

I'm not saying don't use your coupon...but just raving about my Costco "kirkland" brand wipes...

I also use cloth wipes that I really love the best from Darling Diapers.com...

[JustMare]

Thanks for the Costco Wipes tip, Neve! I'll remember them when it's time to stock up.

I'm so sorry that your nearest Costco is an hour away! But think of it this way, your actually saving money by it being so far. I feel so guilty to have five Costco's all within a 20 min drive outside the city. Therefore, we always somehow pass one and say we need _________ or we ran out of __________. My Mom tends to go there once a month and do a huge shopping trip. She claims to spend less that way.

Do you know how long an unopened package will last???

[egoldber]

I would think that a package unopened would last a LOOOOONG time. I have opened packages that I have then used for several months and they were fine as long as I shut the lid tightly.

HTH,

[AmbyChelle]

They won't dry out.. or rather.. shouldn't. I STILL have a package of huggies wipes that I bought when I was about four months pregnant... opened them when Baylee was a newborn, and she's 18 months old now and they've not dried out (we use cloth wipes most of the time, but it's handy to have some disposable wipes for trips and such) even though they are "open" with the lid kept on. I don't know anything about how the newborn wipes would be different though. On a quickie side note, if you get wipes and they seem to irritate baby's skin (ours did when bay was little.. but not now) you can run the stack under tap water and sort of rinse out some of the fragrance/soap/alcohol they put in them and give that a try so you aren't wasting an entire tub if they seem a bit harsh on a newborn... just personal experience speaking since we used disposable diapers and wipes both when my sweetie was a newborn. HTH,

AmbyChelle

[C99]

I have the same coupon and was wondering the same thing! I almost never buy disposable wipes, but I was curious to try them myself!

[MartiesMom2B]

Neve:

The next time I see you I'm going to have to compare your Costco wipes to my BJs wipes. I wonder if they are the same but in different packages, because those BJs wipes (Berkely & Jensen) are soooo soft. Everything else feels like a rough paper towel compared to these.

Sonia
Proud Mommy to Martie 4/6/03

[peanut4us]

we do too. the quality is excellent, and they are just the right size. our costco is about 30 minutes away, and it's pathetic, but i can't tell you how many dates we've been on at costco!

[gravymommy3]

You can revive dried-out wipes by just adding some water to them. I have left the travel packs in my car many times and the heat (and time) and the fact that the travel thing is not very airtight lead to dried-out wipes. A little water and they are good to go!

[heidi_timms]

I too am wondering about the chemicals in the newborn wipes. We also use cloth wipes because DD was so sensitive to other disposable wipes. Everytime we use disposables, she gets a rash. It would be nice to get some for the diaper bag if they are less irritating.

Anyone use these on a newborn?

~Heidi
Mom to Kailey Ashlin
4/27/03